X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 5

Part of the "Marvel NOW! (2012 Event)" event Alternate Covers: Textless Jorge Molina Variant Jorge Molina Variant Textless X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 #5 Published Released March, 2013 January 30, 2013 Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso Cover Artist Michael Del Mundo Jorge Molina "Prodigal: Part 5" Writer Simon Spurrier Penciler Jorge Molina Inker Norman Lee Craig Yeung Walden Wong Colourist Rachelle Rosenberg Letterer Cory Petit Editor Daniel Ketchum Jennifer M. Smith Nick Lowe Previous Issue Next Issue X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 #4 X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 #6

Luca. And oh, the penny drops like a bloody great bomb. The coincidental meetings. The lies in the mind of a monster, calculating to send me chasing off to the rescue... The hints. The nudges. The patterns within the chaos. All of it precise, deliberate, cunning... all of it calculated... calculated just right... to let a fiend get close to an angel.

-- Legion

Appearing in "Prodigal: Part 5"

Featured Characters:

• Legion (David Haller) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
  • Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
  • Iceman (Bobby Drake)
  • Wolverine (Logan)
  • Chamber (Jono Starsmore)
  • Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)
  • Dr. Kavita Rao
  • Students
    • Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) (Origin revealed) (Main story and flashback)
    • Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)
    • Cipher (Alisa Tager)
    • Kid Omega (Quentin Quire)
    • Karasu-Tengu (Main story and flashback)
    • Three-In-One (Stepford Cuckoos)
      • Mindee Cuckoo
      • Phoebe Cuckoo
      • Celeste Cuckoo

Antagonists:

• Sojobo-Tengu (Death) (Possessed by Luca Aldine)
• Luca Aldine (Origin revealed) (Main story and flashback)
• Dire Wraiths
• Legion's personas
  • Tyrannix the Abominoid
  • Fiend
  • Findle the Finder (First appearance)
  • Wormwhole Wodo (First appearance)
• Bigoted Minister (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Gabrielle Haller
• Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Photo)
• Mrs. Aldine (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Mr. Aldine (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Ruth Aldine's Aunt (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• United Kingdom
  • London
    • Embassy of Israel
• New York (Main story and flashback)
  • Westchester County (Main story and flashback)
    • Jean Grey School for Higher Learning (Main story and flashback)
      • Med Bay
    • Skeevy Garden Shed
• Qortex Complex
• North Carolina (Only in flashback)
• New Jersey (Only in flashback)
  • Prospect Plains (Only in flashback)
• Japan (Only in flashback)

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Synopsis for "Prodigal: Part 5"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Solicit Synopsis

• LEGION vs. THE X-MEN!
• Two new villains begin plotting Legion's demise. And little does he know, one of them is lurking within his own psyche, and the other is now hiding amongst the X-Men themselves...
  
  

Notes

• Though physically released on January 30, 2013, this issue accidentally saw early publication through digital comics retailer comiXology.

See Also

• 8 Image(s) from X-Men: Legacy Vol 2 5

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